{"id":27224,"date":"2018-11-22T19:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=27224"},"modified":"2018-12-12T15:22:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T07:22:34","slug":"japan-travel-taiyaki-wakaba-in-shinjuku-tokyo-home-of-traditional-fish-shaped-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/cuisines\/japanese\/japan-travel-taiyaki-wakaba-in-shinjuku-tokyo-home-of-traditional-fish-shaped-cakes\/","title":{"rendered":"JAPAN TRAVEL: Taiyaki Wakaba in Shinjuku, Tokyo \u2014 Home of Traditional Fish-Shaped Cakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taiyaki Wakaba in Shinjuku, Tokyo | Philippine Primer Travels\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z0lbis1ru_0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Taiyaki is an uncommon sight in Manila, although Japanese food lovers may have heard of or tried taiyaki in small Japanese snack shops in the city. Taiyaki is a fluffy fish-shaped cake, similar to a waffle, with different kinds of fillings. It is a common street snack in Japan and a popular food in festivals as well. In modern times, taiyaki has been adapted to have different kinds of fillings like chocolate, custard, and even meat. However, traditionally, taiyaki is simply made with red bean paste.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27226\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_4901.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_4901.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_4901-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_4901-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Taiyaki Wakaba<\/strong> stands to preserve the taste of tradition by offering taiyaki made only with <em>anko<\/em> or red bean paste. Opened in 1953, shortly after World War II, the small shop sits modestly on a small street but is famous among locals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27227\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_7076.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_7076.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_7076-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_7076-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Taiyaki Wakaba offers only one kind of taiyaki, which uses anko. They make their taiyaki the traditional way, through manual grillers over charcoal, which you can watch from the front of the shop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27229\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_4881.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_4881.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_4881-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_4881-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27230\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_7083.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_7083.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_7083-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_7083-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Their crisp and fluffy taiyaki are packed full with smooth melt-in-your-mouth red bean paste from head to tail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27228\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_4898.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_4898.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_4898-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_4898-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>Taiyaki (\u00a5150)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27231\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_4915.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_4915.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_4915-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_4915-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The shop suggests three ways to eat their taiyaki at home. First, you can toast the taiyaki over low heat to enjoy an enhanced toast flavor. Second, you can heat it in a microwave oven first, and then cook it a bit in an oven toaster. Or, third\u2014which is especially ideal on hot days\u2014you can enjoy a chilled taiyaki straight from the freezer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Taiyaki Wakaba also offers kakigori or shaved ice desserts to go with their taiyaki.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27232\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_7081.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_7081.jpg 533w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_7081-145x218.jpg 145w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/IMG_7081-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The shop has a small seating interior with a capacity of around 10, but people, especially the working professionals, don&#8217;t usually sit and hang around. It is apparently famous among locals, and people stop by even during lunch breaks just to buy a piece or a box of traditional sweet treats. Their taiyaki is also said to be famous as an <em>omiyage<\/em> (gift).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Written\u00a0by Rei Lea\u00f1o<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">This first appeared in Philippine Primer English magazine\u2019s Vol. 32 \u2013 November issue.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiyaki Wakaba stands to preserve the taste of tradition by offering taiyaki made only with anko or red bean paste. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,2362,2363,2546],"tags":[2619,2368,2367],"class_list":["post-27224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japanese","category-japan","category-tokyo","category-tokyo-hole-in-the-wall-2018","tag-taiyaki-wakaba","tag-tokyo-2018","tag-where-to-eat-in-tokyo"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27224"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27709,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27224\/revisions\/27709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}